Mission & Background:

The Arts Alliance is an informal but active coalition of artists and arts leaders advocating the five arts industries (music, film/video, visual, performance and literature) before Austin, Texas and national government.

Formed in the Spring of 2005, the Arts Alliance has successfully advocated for the Arts networking thousands of Texas artists, arts leaders and supporters through Arts Alliance e-mail updates, advocacy alerts and postings on this blog.

JOIN the ARTS ALLIANCE by e-mailing RMay@Austin.RR.com. The Arts Alliance unity and advocacy represent the modern renaissance of the arts in America. JOIN NOW to generate strength in numbers for a better society through the Arts.

Timeline:

2008 Austin City Council Candidates Arts Forum

2008 Austin City Council Voters Guide for the Arts

2007 Campaign for $35 million bond approval investing in the Arts in Austin, TX

2007 Campaign for the preservation of the Texas Commission on the Arts

Testified before the Texas Senate Finance Committee on behalf of the Texas Commission on the Arts. (April 2007)

Testified before the Texas Senate Finance Committee on behalf of local municipalities dedicating a percentage of tax monies towards the arts and tourism. (May 2007)

2006 Texas Governor Voters Guide for the Arts

2006 Austin City Council Candidates Arts Forum

2006 Austin City Council Voters Guide for the Arts

2005 Austin City Council Candidates Arts Forum

2005 Austin City Council Voters Guide for the Arts

The Arts and its Economic Impact in the state of Texas:

The Texas Arts Industry contribute $190 billion to the economy. (Perryman Report on Texas Arts)

The Texas Arts Industry employs 2 million working Texans. (Perryman Report on Texas Arts)

For every dollar invested in the arts, $300 are returned to the economy and $10 to the state coffers. (Perryman Report on Texas Arts)

The Austin cultural sector annually contributes more than $2.2 billion to the local economy and $48 million to the City’s tax revenues and represents nearly 44,000 jobs. (TXP, Inc. Report on Austin economic analysis of the arts)

The Arts are the most profound educational and empowerment tool for at-risk children and teenagers.

The Arts Alliance is a coalition of thousands of Texas artists partnered through the Austin Film Society, The Texas Writers League, Austin Visual Arts Association, The Texas Commission on the Arts, The Austin Music Commission, The Austin Circle of Theaters and many more. The Arts Alliance has helped the grassroots passage of the $35 million arts bond in Austin, TX; the preservation of the Texas Commission of the Arts, the Texas Governor’s Election platform for the Arts, and the Austin City Council Candidates Arts forum in the past three elections (2005, 2006 & 2008).